overrated

See also: over-rated

English

Alternative forms

• over-rated

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From over- +‎ rated.

Adjective

overrated (comparative more overrated, superlative most overrated)

1. Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.

   My sister is an overrated singer.

   • 2008, Lisa Tucker, Shout Down the Moon, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     I say, “Tom Cruise,” because I know Irene hates Tom Cruise and she'll go on and on about why he's completely overrated.

Antonyms

• underrated

Translations

rated too highly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被高估 (zh) (bèi gāogū)

• Dutch: overschat (nl)
• Finnish: yliarvostettu
• French: surfait (fr), surestimé (fr), surcoté (fr)
• German: überschätzt (de), überbewertet (de)
• Icelandic: ofmetinn m, ofmetin f, ofemtið n
• Indonesian: diterlalukan, lajak dihargai
• Japanese: 過大評価された (かだいひょうかされた, kadaihyōka sareta)
• Polish: przeceniany, przereklamowany (pl)
• Portuguese: sobrestimado
• Russian: переоце́ненный (ru) (pereocénennyj)
• Spanish: sobrevalorado (es), sobreestimado (es) m, sobrevaluado
• Swedish: överreklamerad (sv)
• Turkish: şişirilmiş, abartılmış, abartılı (tr), abartmalı (tr), mübalağalı (tr)

Etymology 2

From overrate +‎ -ed.

Verb

overrated

1. simple past and past participle of overrate

Anagrams

• overtrade, overtread